The association between common physical impairments and dementia in low and middle income countries, and, among people with dementia, their association with cognitive function and disability. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study

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The impact of maternal experience of violence and common mental disorders on neonatal outcomes: a survey of adolescent mothers in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cleusa P FerriKing s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research, Section of Epidemiology, UKBMC Public Health 7:209. 2007

..The aim of this study was to investigate the independent and interactive effects of these maternal exposures upon neonatal outcomes among pregnant adolescents in a disadvantaged population from Sao Paulo, Brazil...

..100 years after the first description, Alzheimer's disease is one of the most disabling and burdensome health conditions worldwide. We used the Delphi consensus method to determine dementia prevalence for each world region...

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in developing countries

..Preventive strategies should be developed to reduce the risk of adverse cocaine reactions. The findings are discussed in relation to the type of interventions that might be developed and lines of future research...

Differences in factors associated with first treatment entry and treatment re-entry among cocaine users

..Better methods are required to provide interventions to tackle the problems and risk behaviors of these cocaine users...

The association between common physical impairments and dementia in low and middle income countries, and, among people with dementia, their association with cognitive function and disability. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study

Dementia incidence and mortality in middle-income countries, and associations with indicators of cognitive reserve: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based cohort study

Martin PrinceCentre for Global Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UKLancet 380:50-8. 2012

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Socioeconomic factors and all cause and cause-specific mortality among older people in Latin America, India, and China: a population-based cohort study

Cleusa P FerriKing s College London Institute of Psychiatry, Section of Epidemiology, Health Service and Population Research Department, London, United KingdomPLoS Med 9:e1001179. 2012

..In Europe, the effects of better education and home ownership upon mortality seem to persist into old age, but these effects may not generalise to LMICs. Reliable data on causes and determinants of mortality are lacking...

Contribution of chronic diseases to disability in elderly people in countries with low and middle incomes: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey

..We aimed to assess the contribution of physical, mental, and cognitive chronic diseases to disability, and the extent to which sociodemographic and health characteristics account for geographical variation in disability...

Strain and its correlates among carers of people with dementia in low-income and middle-income countries. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey

..Evidence of an association between fish and meat consumption and risk of dementia is inconsistent and nonexistent in populations in developing countries...

Measuring disability across cultures--the psychometric properties of the WHODAS II in older people from seven low- and middle-income countries. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey

..We consider the potential for epidemiological research to raise awareness, refine the policy agenda, and promote action, using the example of the dissemination strategy developed by the 10/66 Dementia Research Group...

The contribution of chronic diseases to the prevalence of dependence among older people in Latin America, China and India: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey

..To describe patterns of recent health service utilisation, and consequent out-of-pocket expenses among older people in countries with low and middle incomes, and to assess the equity with which services are accessed and delivered...

Tobacco use and dementia: evidence from the 1066 dementia population-based surveys in Latin America, China and India

..The 10/66 Dementia Research Group sought to do this using assessments from their one phase dementia diagnostic research interview, and to validate the resulting algorithm in a population-based study in Cuba...

Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among older people in Latin America, India and China: a 10/66 cross-sectional population-based survey

..The proportion of the global population aged 60 and over is increasing, more so in Latin America than any other region. Depression is common among elderly people and an important cause of disability worldwide...

Route of cocaine administration: patterns of use and problems among a Brazilian sample

..These problems, compounded by the larger doses being used and their greater involvement in prostitution, place crack cocaine users at higher risk from HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases as well as other physical risks...

Tobacco use among the elderly: The first Brazilian National Survey (BNAS)

..This study describes the prevalence and pattern of tobacco use among the elderly in Brazil and establishes its association with socio-demographic characteristics, other substance use and depression...

Unawareness of memory impairment in dementia: a population-based study

..This study investigated the frequency of unawareness of memory impairment in dementia, exploring regional differences and sociodemographic and health status correlates in large population-based surveys...

..These results suggest that multisite sampling is a valid method for increasing patient heterogeneity, but whether it improves representativeness and thus the generalisability of drug misuse research is debatable...

The impact of epidemic violence on the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil